Angela/Ansela van Bengale
Arrived at the Cape on board the Amerfoort by Pieter Kemp in 1656/7.
She was born about 1648 in Bengal, India.
She was bapt. on 29 April 1668 at Nederduitsch Gereformeer...
There is conflicting information regarding the father of all Anna's children. Some source say that Geringer fathered one of her children, others that the father of the two early children was Darius van...
First Fifty years
Catharina van Paliacatta b. c 1631, d. c Mar 1683
Claes van Malabar
Pieter Everard b. c 1631, def 1664, d. 15 Mar 1664
Petronella1 van Bengale b. b 6 Sep 1665, d. c Mar 168...
Dorothea of Bengale South African Slave
Baptised as an adult in 1765.
x wife of Oltman Ahlers, married 10 Dec 1780, Cape Town. She was his slave, whom he had emancipated in 1772.
7 children.
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Reference The First Fifty Years Project
Louis van Bengale
Born c.1653 Bengal
Baptised 5 May 1675 at Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, the record describes him a...
In the early years of South Africa slaves was called only by name and inhereted the place of origin as a surname by way of calling. Bengaal - or in this case as English it will be, van Bengale - is situated in Indië.
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